It Is Rocket Science!

By Anne Ready   LOS ANGELES – “Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program,” quipped Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author of The Sky is Not the Limit. Addressing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his crew, Dr. Tyson tweeted: “Good luck to @elonmusk and the @SpacexXcrew. “Though it’s rocket science, rocket launches can …

The End of Illness

In a recent speech to the University of California, Santa Barbara Arts & Lecture series, leading cancer specialist, Dr. David Agus surprised and delighted his audiences with startling opinions and data-backed statistics. For example, Dr. Agus believes that sitting at one’s desk for a 5½-hour stretch is equivalent, on a health basis, to smoking a pack-and-a-half of cigarettes. “Walking works,” …